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Thirty-two-year old Marvin Taylor was beaten inside Ventress prison. So why does his death certificate say he died of natural causes?

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SB 316, Alabama's Prison Oversight Bill, Has Been Filed. Now Let's Get It Passed.

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More oversight, transparency, and accountability could be coming to the Alabama Department of Corrections under SB 316, filed last week by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia. This bill is the result of years of investigations, litigation,…

Appleseed's Callie Greer receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Crime Survivors Speak

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Team Appleseed and the incredible Callie Greer were honored this week in Montgomery by Crime Survivors Speak, a network of crime survivors who create healing communities, develop leaders, and drive policies that make everyone safer. The group…

Chronicle of Philanthropy calls Appleseed "one of the South's most unexpectedly effective advocacy groups."

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Alabama Appleseed has been featured in the prestigious Chronicle of Philanthropy! Here's what they're saying: "In a state dominated by a Republican supermajority and long resistant to criminal-justice reform, Alabama Appleseed has become…

SB254, a bill to bring fairness to parole revocations, filed in the Alabama Senate

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An Appleseed-supported bill that would bring more fairness to the parole revocation process and help prevent unnecessary revocations that do not contribute to public safety has been filed in the Alabama Legislature. SB254, sponsored by Sen.…

Another deadly year in Alabama prisons claims 202 lives

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By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher More than six years after the State of Alabama was put on notice that its violent and dangerous prisons violate the United States Constitution, the death toll inside state prisons was nearly three…

The State of Justice Blog

Thirty-two-year old Marvin Taylor was beaten inside Ventress prison. So why does his death certificate say he died of natural causes?

SB 316, Alabama's Prison Oversight Bill, Has Been Filed. Now Let's Get It Passed.

Appleseed's Callie Greer receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Crime Survivors Speak

Chronicle of Philanthropy calls Appleseed "one of the South's most unexpectedly effective advocacy groups."

SB254, a bill to bring fairness to parole revocations, filed in the Alabama Senate

Another deadly year in Alabama prisons claims 202 lives

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